Author Archives: Benny Kass

If damage to an individual unit is from a common-area element and was caused by negligence, and the condo documents as I understand them state that the damage to the unit involved is the responsibility of the condominium owners association, should that not then be covered by the master policy?

DEAR BENNY: My neighbor on the Outer Banks of North Carolina listed his lot with bulkhead, pier and boat lift for $350,000 five years ago. Our local government approved a permit allowing a four-bedroom house to be built on the ...

DEAR BENNY: If I have a good cause to postpone a trustee sale date, can I — as the real estate broker involved — or the owner sue to stop the sale? I have one right now, for example, and may need an attorney's help.

DEAR BENNY: I read your article on the laws regarding a neighbor’s tree falling on one’s property. Do you know of any laws regarding a neighbor’s property with eroding beach bluffs affecting one’s own property? I live along the Lake ...

DEAR BENNY: My husband and I own a condo in a seven-unit condo association. We have owned the unit since 2005. Recently, one of the unit owners asked us if we were interested in buying his unit. We made an ...

DEAR BENNY: I live in a freestanding house that is part of a homeowners association. We have a neighbor who parks a 32-foot motor home in four guest spaces just outside our fence, with permission of the manager, for 24 ...

DEAR BENNY: I manage a condominium property where a previous board of directors had put in the appendix that when changes are made to the rules, they must be submitted to the members for input prior to being passed and ...

DEAR BENNY: Our double-lot property is at one end of an unincorporated island in the midst of a city of 13,000. The extra amount we pay for water/sewage surcharge and county trash pickup is currently about the same as what ...

DEAR BENNY: I am in the midst of house hunting right now. Do you have an example of contingency language for financing and inspections that you have used in the past? We are about to make an offer and would ...